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Chronic health conditions are the leading cause of illness, disability, and death in the United States today, affecting nearly one hundred million citizens. These conditions cost the economy more than $470 billion a year in direct medical costs, and more than $230 billion in lost productivity.While Americans pride themselves on living in a caring country, society as a whole has not fully prepared for the many challenges presented by chronic il...

Interests readers concerned with Mexican economic development and its prospects for the future. The authors center their study of the Mexican oil and gas industry. They cogently assess Mexico's goals of sustainability and the major policy changes that will be required to achieve them.

The papers in this volume were presented at the Energy and Resource Workshop Series at Texas A&M, University. Topics presented at the workshops were forums for the discussion of research concerning the economics of energy and other natural resources. Chapter topics include: new competition developing in the electric utility industry, the availability of fossil fuels throughout the coming century, innovations in natural gas exploration and prod...

Assess Mexico's goals of sustainability and the major policy changes that are required to achieve them.